An information technology course was provided to people with physical disabilities in their Ireland homes, using computers and modem links. The course included modules on business applications software and specialized applications. Nineteen of 20 participants completed the course successfully and were awarded an internationally recognized…

European education projects in which exploitation of Information Technology has been a means as well as a goal are described. (1) The Council of Europe has begun a series of workshops, number 7 of which was on using information and communication technologies in modern language teaching and learning in Europe. Themes for further development…

Considers the use of pre- and posttest results as formative evaluation tools and describes a small group evaluation of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) courseware dealing with French for banking. Test design is discussed, including standards, validity, and reliability; and results from user questionnaires are examined. (Contains 14…